A lot of scoffing here, but Beltran is a good ballplayer. Don't kid yourselves.

Hes still 37. They lost their 1st round pick and both comp picks. Since resigning Kuroda, they lost thier 3rd comp pick. They dont have their 1st pick until like #58 in the draft. That team will look unbeleiveably old in 2016.

Sorry, its just dumb business. This might have worked when we had type A and B FA and the old tax deal, but not in todays MLB.

Beltran can still hit. If he slows up enough, there is always the DH spot. The Yankees have pretty much abandoned the draft pick, develop your own prospects way. They seem to prefer spending each year to fill their needs. Will that work for them ? I don't know. I will just say that they can never be counted out. Money matters. They may have lost Cano, but they signed three of the top free agents in Ellsbury, Beltran and McCann.The thing is , the Yankees don't play by the same rules as everyone else. They will always try to spend their way to the top. For the most part, they have been successful .

I'll just say this. There are a lot of smiling Yankee fans tonight. And an awful lot of whistling past the graveyard here.

Any Yankee fan saying they're happy that Cano, the future face of the Yankees, is in Seattle is lying. That was a HUGE hit for the Yankees, the team where money doesn't matter and $50 million is something they probably take with them to go out for a jog.

Wasnt the last time the Yank$ went on a drunken spending spree also the last offseason after the Red Sox won a World Series?

In modern times, we've been way more successful than the Yankees. And their 2009 championship was only because of bad umpire calls where the umpires were fired. But they had to open their new stadium as champions.

This board was pining the last few wks about the RS signing Beltran; now that he signed with the 'enemy', ridicule, with a few exceptions. Who would have thought it?

Who was "pining" for Beltran. I think he was thought of as a possibility. And again, the loss of Cano and Granderson more than makes up for Ellsbury and Beltran. IMO

I think that the Yankees signing of McCann, who is a huge upgrade over what they had last year at catcher, Beltran & Ellsbury, who should put up better numbers with that short porch in right field, is a significant upgrade over losing Cano and Granderson. That's not even considering the "intangibles" factor. They added 3 guys who clearly like the big stage, while getting rid of a guy in Cano, who may never run out a pop fly or ground ball again now that he has his big contract.

This board was pining the last few wks about the RS signing Beltran; now that he signed with the 'enemy', ridicule, with a few exceptions. Who would have thought it?

Who was "pining" for Beltran. I think he was thought of as a possibility. And again, the loss of Cano and Granderson more than makes up for Ellsbury and Beltran. IMO

I think that the Yankees signing of McCann, who is a huge upgrade over what they had last year at catcher, Beltran & Ellsbury, who should put up better numbers with that short porch in right field, is a significant upgrade over losing Cano and Granderson. That's not even considering the "intangibles" factor. They added 3 guys who clearly like the big stage, while getting rid of a guy in Cano, who may never run out a pop fly or ground ball again now that he has his big contract.

This board was pining the last few wks about the RS signing Beltran; now that he signed with the 'enemy', ridicule, with a few exceptions. Who would have thought it?

Who was "pining" for Beltran. I think he was thought of as a possibility. And again, the loss of Cano and Granderson more than makes up for Ellsbury and Beltran. IMO

I think that the Yankees signing of McCann, who is a huge upgrade over what they had last year at catcher, Beltran & Ellsbury, who should put up better numbers with that short porch in right field, is a significant upgrade over losing Cano and Granderson. That's not even considering the "intangibles" factor. They added 3 guys who clearly like the big stage, while getting rid of a guy in Cano, who may never run out a pop fly or ground ball again now that he has his big contract.

They're all about the big names. Big names come with big personalities. Big personalities all brought together to play new on a team doesn't always make for happy camping. In other words -- team chemistry -- the thing I believe was a major part in helping us win in 2004 and 2013.

This board was pining the last few wks about the RS signing Beltran; now that he signed with the 'enemy', ridicule, with a few exceptions. Who would have thought it?

Who was "pining" for Beltran. I think he was thought of as a possibility. And again, the loss of Cano and Granderson more than makes up for Ellsbury and Beltran. IMO

I think that the Yankees signing of McCann, who is a huge upgrade over what they had last year at catcher, Beltran & Ellsbury, who should put up better numbers with that short porch in right field, is a significant upgrade over losing Cano and Granderson. That's not even considering the "intangibles" factor. They added 3 guys who clearly like the big stage, while getting rid of a guy in Cano, who may never run out a pop fly or ground ball again now that he has his big contract.

To say again implies he did it. That's news to me

How many players casually chew gum and blow bubbles while playing MLB? One.

I wonder at what point the Yankees realize they have 5 outfielders making $15mill or more (plus two other outfielders who should be starting), no real infield, a chaotic bullpen and a very weak rotation...

But yet they will pose a respectable offense. For this to work, Soriano or Jeter absolutely has to go to second base... maybe they platoon there. One of those outfielders might platoon with Tex at first. Even with that, I'm clueless at what in the living heck is going to happen at third. Messed up times over there... growing pains for The Boss 2.0.